On top of the usual posts on recent prominent cases, there’s always a few developing themes. Besides the already popular economic downturn theme, we now also have posts on predictions for legal developments in 2009. How the economy is affecting personal injury claims? – Tennessee attorney James Ferrell on his Memphis Injury Law Blog FCC Proposes… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 12/29/08
Today marks the first time I’ve been back in the LexBlog office since this past summer. New monitors, new desks; it’s fun watching things grow and change. After a few days away, here’s today’s roundup of the best posts from the LexBlogosphere. 2008 IPO Slump – The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Porter Wright on… Continue Reading
Tom Peters : Blogging changed my life
Take a minute to watch a very brief video of Seth Godin sitting down with Tom Peters to discuss blogging. Peters, a best selling author on business management practices who began his blogging in August ’04, tells Godin ‘no single thing in the last 15 yrs professionally has been more important to his life than… Continue Reading
Digital entrepreneurism the future for journalists
Bill Pollak, CEO of Incisive Media North America (parent to American Lawyer Media), and I have been exchanging thoughts on Twitter the last couple days about journalists leaving main stream media (MSM) to go solo. The discussion was precipitated by my views that legal publishing, like we’ve seen with newspapers, is going to see some… Continue Reading
Legal media’s future includes Internet broadcasts from American courtrooms
As part of excellent Twitter discussion this morning on the future of legal media, Rex Gradeless, a third-year law student at Saint Louis University, pointed out a pending motion seeking permission to Internet broadcast from the courtroom. Professor Charles Nesson and his team of Harvard Law students have filed a motion to broadcast courtroom coverage… Continue Reading
Martindale-Hubbell doesn’t get it
Martindale-Hubbell, dealing with a crisis to a core element of their product offerings (lawyer ratings), showed the legal industry they are ill equipped to participate in social media. Martindale-Hubbell did respond to Internet discussion (blogs and twitter) that the company may be eliminating its long standing lawyer ratings. Despite laying off all of the commpany’s… Continue Reading
Legal publishing, legal research, legal advertising businesses face certain failures
Fred Wilson has a wonderful post today on what can only be described as Digital Darwinism, a phrase coined by Evan Schwartz as the title for his 1999 book. The news is full of stories this year end about the impending bankruptcies of retailers, newspapers, auto manufacturers, banks, and a host of other businesses that… Continue Reading
Martindale-Hubbell taking huge beating on Twitter
Discussion of whether Martindale-Hubbell is dropping its lawyer ratings system is running rampant on Twitter today. The original discussion on Martindale-Hubbell lawyer ratings began on the blogosphere last evening. In addition to well respected legal voices on the blogsphere and Twitter, the discussion involves some major players. Heavy influencers of opinions within the legal industry…. Continue Reading
Is Martindale-Hubbell’s lawyer rating system officially dead?
That’s the question asked by Heather Milligan on word of Martindale-Hubbell’s elimination of their Rating Specialists. Milligan, Director of Marketing at Barger & Wolen LLP and leading contributor to the Legal Marketing Association received an e-mail on Friday from a peer at LexisNexis’ Martindale-Hubbell division notifying her that not only was she let go, so… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 12/22/08
I’m finally back from a trip that lasted about 80 hours and spanned close to 4,500 miles. Not only did the Griz lose but I also lost a Macbook hard drive. Now that I’ve tracked down a computer it’s time for today’s best of the LexBlogosphere. The Employee Free Choice Act: Maybe Not a Done… Continue Reading
Blogs key reason LA Times online revenue covers entire editorial payroll
The LA Times online has grown its revenues to the point where they cover the cost of paper’s entire editorial payroll. And Neilsen Net Ratings reports the LA Times has passed USA Today and the Washington Post in uniques with, according to internal numbers, 138 million page views in November, up more than 70% in… Continue Reading
Live LexBlog blogs for the week of 12/15-12/19
Three launches in total this week. There’s two from the midwest and one focused on Italy and the European Union. Take a look and help these new bloggers out by commenting on what they have to say, whether it’s on your blog or theirs. The European Union and Italian International Tax Law Blog is published by Marco Rossi… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 12/18/08
As mentioned in yesterday’s LexBlogosphere roundup, I am on my way from Missoula, Montana to Chattanooga, Tennessee for the FCS Championship Game. Today’s best posts, gathered from a WiFi hotspot in a city outside St. Louis, include the onset of carbon reporting in Massachusetts and California and the similarities between the newspaper and legal industries. Department of… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 12/17/08
This will be the last LexBlogosphere post I make from Missoula this week. All others will be done during the 2,100 mile drive to Chattanooga, TN, where the Montana Grizzlies will be playing the Richmond Spiders for the FCS National Championship. If you’re interesting in following the trip, you can on Twitter, otherwise here are the… Continue Reading
Blogging grows up : Good news for reluctant law firms
Blogging has entered the mainstream says an article from The Economist I’ve been meaning to share with you. The article provides ammunition and hope for those of you getting law firm partners, managing partners, and executive committees to accept that you’re not nuts for advising your firm to start blogging. The transition per the article:… Continue Reading